An inside look at life at the Mount Washington Observatory

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  • Опубликовано: 21 дек 2023
  • A live Christmas tree, streaming services, a Nintendo switch, and a station cat. Here's an inside look at life at the Mount Washington Observatory.

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  • @greenspiritarts
    @greenspiritarts 6 месяцев назад +177

    My father and fellow winter mountaineering companions were caught in a terrible winter storm one year up on Mt. Washington. This was in the late 60’s before any personal tech. Instinct and experience told him to find the observatory and abandon their igloos as the storm was going to get much worse. It did. The observatory was closed at the time and it was a more primitive structure back then. They broke in and it saved their lives. It was a 4 day white-out with -50 windchills. Incredibly, my dad’s dog, who had gotten separated in the white-out conditions was found alive as they left the station. He had curled up in a snow bank on the leeward side of the station and was completely encased in snow… but alive. They probably would have all perished if not for the observatory. Good to see so many young people working there now and it looks incredibly well appointed now compared to back in the day!

    • @BeeFunKnee
      @BeeFunKnee 6 месяцев назад +8

      That was amazing to read! Truth is so much better than fiction stuff, in my opinion.

    • @a.w.thompson4001
      @a.w.thompson4001 6 месяцев назад +3

      Thanks for sharing these fascinating details.

    • @jackie-k
      @jackie-k 6 месяцев назад +6

      I am so glad the dog survived and everyone else!! I can’t imagine being stuck like that and worrying about my pet!

    • @BeeFunKnee
      @BeeFunKnee 6 месяцев назад +5

      @@jackie-k My guess is that it wasn't any warm fir that saved that pet dog, it was it's own warm love for it's owner and maybe even God's angels guarding over it. Otherwise it would have frozen solid, and quickly. I was caught in a surprise drop in temperature and a sudden blizzard I didn't know was about to come. I was hitchhiking just outside of Cheyanne Wyoming and decided to start walking down the interstate. The sun was out, so why not? Then it grew dark and the temperature suddenly dropped 70 degrees and the horizontal snow started pelting me. I hunkered down and the snow kept covering me. I could only stick out my arm when truck slowly went by. The first few couldn't even see me, but finally one did and stopped for me. I could feel myself trying to freeze solid. Another five or ten minutes and I would have been a statistic, another article in the papers. That dog surviving was a miracle.

    • @jackie-k
      @jackie-k 6 месяцев назад +3

      @@BeeFunKnee I am so glad someone found you and yes I believe in miracles that are beyond this 3D world. Now I believe in a higher spirit, and the universe. I do believe the dog was meant to make it and there was something bigger working in favor of that group!
      Bless you and glad you are safe!

  • @uscg75
    @uscg75 6 месяцев назад +26

    I was a lighthouse keeper off Cape Ann & Boston lights. It was the 70’s and the lights were called stag lights (no women). One of the never ending jobs was taking weather reading every 4 hours. The only difference was we also had to report the sea state. Of all my jobs in the Coast Guard this is what I enjoyed most. 2 weeks on 1 week off. Alone with on other person and a dog. I can somewhat relate to these people. I called it my escape from civilization. Best of luck and keep that weather coming.

    • @biff5856
      @biff5856 4 месяца назад +1

      Sounds super to me. I would love a shot at being a lighthouse keeper. The ocean, the solitude. I would have no trouble sleeping listening to the waves.

    • @jason-hy8ci
      @jason-hy8ci 2 месяца назад

      Nice gig...... can catch up on all of that reading sitting in piles around the house.☝️

  • @joemikeska2657
    @joemikeska2657 6 месяцев назад +73

    The wild part is that in the grand scheme of things, Mt Washington isn’t all that tall. El Capitain in Yosemite is 1,000 feet higher at 7,569, and most of the High Sierra range is over 9,000 feet. Pike’s Peak more than double the height of Mt Washington at 14,115 feet. But the weather patterns of New England help make Mt Washington the icon it is for weather events.

    • @williamwertman24
      @williamwertman24 6 месяцев назад +6

      Multiple storm paths cross the summit and with the shape and direction of the peaks it acts as a funnel.

    • @MrReymoclif714
      @MrReymoclif714 6 месяцев назад +3

      3 seperate weather patterns converge here.

    • @Mr91495osh
      @Mr91495osh 6 месяцев назад +1

      Plus Mt Washington has an fully manned observatory

    • @xtidnab
      @xtidnab 5 месяцев назад

      is the size of a mountain calculated by its elevation or by its vertical rise?

    • @williamwertman24
      @williamwertman24 5 месяцев назад +2

      @xtidnab elevation above sea level. Turn on terrain on google maps, then you can see it. They do measure in prominence also but total elevation is the most common.

  • @tomking1890
    @tomking1890 6 месяцев назад +18

    I did not see, or hear it mentioned here, but it is located in N.H.

    • @PA-Tammy
      @PA-Tammy 5 месяцев назад

      Yes

    • @DavidVanHelden1
      @DavidVanHelden1 5 месяцев назад

      Oh okay ....I thought it was in Maine ... I live in Washington and they had me all mixed up ...

  • @nole8923
    @nole8923 6 месяцев назад +9

    It’s incredible how mount Washington in one of the lowest mountain ranges in the world, the Appalachians, when your atop it looks like you’re at the peak of the Himalayans. You wouldn’t expect anyplace in the Appalachian mountain chain to look like that just a few hundred miles from NYC.

    • @dentalnovember
      @dentalnovember 5 месяцев назад

      At one time in history the Appalachians were as high as the Himalayas.

  • @user-gg7di3ti2y
    @user-gg7di3ti2y 6 месяцев назад +16

    Imagine being the construction crew building that damn thing. 😅

    • @traybern
      @traybern 6 месяцев назад +8

      It WASN’T in January!!!

    • @michlo3393
      @michlo3393 6 месяцев назад +3

      The hardest part would have been dragging their cooler of beer up there.

    • @jimmylieb5225
      @jimmylieb5225 6 месяцев назад

      🥶🥶

  • @carocarp5
    @carocarp5 5 месяцев назад +8

    Climbed it on my Appalachian Trail thru hike. The change in weather going up is incredible. At the top, the fog was so thick the visibility was around 30 feet. People everywhere were calling out to find friends when they got separated. Hope to go back one day.

    • @biff5856
      @biff5856 4 месяца назад

      Congrats. Thru hiker. What an experience. I loved Bryson's book, "A Walk In The Woods".

  • @mikebunner3498
    @mikebunner3498 4 месяца назад +2

    I went to the highest spot in West Virginia years ago. The top was covered with a cloud. I had a blue jean jacket on. I walked out to and up on to the observation tower. My jacket was flapping like I was riding a motorcycle. The wind speed was nowhere as high as the ones in this video. I could feel the heat leaving me, so I went back to the vehicle. It was really cool!!!!! I think it is around 4,800 feet up. You can see all the way to Virginia from there on a clear day.
    This is a great video thanks to everyone involved. My hat is off to these observers!!! But not for long, too cold! THANKS.

  • @flok.8317
    @flok.8317 6 месяцев назад +3

    Great report! Well done, informative, offering fascinating images and commentary. Thank you!

  • @bobabooey285
    @bobabooey285 5 месяцев назад +2

    Would love to do that, jealous

  • @theck672
    @theck672 6 месяцев назад +1

    Love this video! Thank you!

  • @Falla76
    @Falla76 6 месяцев назад +34

    As reporters, it might be a good idea to let people know exactly where Mount Washington Observatory is. An outsider watching this RUclips video might assume that it is in Maine. I had to look it up and observed that it was actually located in New Hampshire. If I have to look up its actual location - a pretty basic and important piece of information - then why do we need these reporters?

    • @joenewman6494
      @joenewman6494 6 месяцев назад +7

      Thanks for that info I thought it was in Washington State just by the name but yea I agree a reporter leaving out critical information

    • @kitbaker8521
      @kitbaker8521 6 месяцев назад +13

      It’s a Maine TV station with a receiving area in which everyone knows Mt Washington.

    • @goldenretriever6261
      @goldenretriever6261 6 месяцев назад +8

      It was a local tv story

  • @p234oiuy
    @p234oiuy 6 месяцев назад +21

    How come no one has ever seen the power plant that keeps the observatory warm during the winter?

    • @noway9880
      @noway9880 6 месяцев назад +17

      Hey Paco! I looked into this for you. About 8 years ago the observatory was connected to the valleys electrical grid. However, prior to that and now as a backup the observatory was powered by diesel generators. The system has been upgraded now. There is about 2 hours of UPS battery power however if the grid pops off this is only used for about 10-15 seconds. The diesel gensets immediately start and pickup the load. The UPS is only really used so there is ZERO power loss. Shits awesome son. huehuehuehuehuehuehue

    • @richardthomas5362
      @richardthomas5362 6 месяцев назад +2

      It is top secret. If they show you that then they would have to kill you :)

    • @CameronHuff
      @CameronHuff 6 месяцев назад

      You think they are going to show you the alien tech that runs the place? They'd have to kill you afterwards!!

  • @gatorspad3632
    @gatorspad3632 6 месяцев назад +1

    Very cool piece, thanks!

  • @MDR-hn2yz
    @MDR-hn2yz 6 месяцев назад +1

    Very interesting job for sure. 👍

  • @PA-Tammy
    @PA-Tammy 5 месяцев назад +1

    Been to the top about 15 times on my motorcycle and it always feels like the first time..

  • @vettepilot427
    @vettepilot427 5 месяцев назад +9

    I would like to know more about the structure and the construction methods to withstand such extreme conditions (wind, cold temps, etc).

  • @davegeorge4757
    @davegeorge4757 6 месяцев назад +3

    Damn that anchor had a hard time with “inhospitable”. 😂😂

  • @randywaters7328
    @randywaters7328 6 месяцев назад +1

    Interesting and unique!

  • @johnallen-hu5lu
    @johnallen-hu5lu 5 месяцев назад +1

    Road our Harleys clear to the top back in ‘18. Unbelievably beautiful. My favorite multi state bike ride to date.

  • @kitbaker8521
    @kitbaker8521 6 месяцев назад +1

    I always remember ‘Mahton’ Engstrom’s very popular weather reports from the top of Mt Washington in his wonderful down-east twang. Finest kind…

  • @liamwilson7549
    @liamwilson7549 5 месяцев назад +2

    I experienced the weather when it gets real bad up there when I was little. The snow cuts like glass in the wind up there.

  • @christinemiller7238
    @christinemiller7238 5 месяцев назад

    Fantastic!

  • @slayersboxer915
    @slayersboxer915 5 месяцев назад

    all i could think about is how good a of a horror movie setting vibes this gives me

  • @davidmotter5140
    @davidmotter5140 6 месяцев назад +2

    I would love it

  • @newmaniese
    @newmaniese 6 месяцев назад +17

    Wish this piece was longer

  • @nanaplayz4769
    @nanaplayz4769 6 месяцев назад +1

    Awesome place

  • @jaredh289
    @jaredh289 6 месяцев назад +5

    These people just play Mario kart and live in fear of a cat.

  • @alancummings5651
    @alancummings5651 5 месяцев назад +1

    Totally cool

  • @grega9347
    @grega9347 3 месяца назад

    Great story!

  • @jackryan2451
    @jackryan2451 6 месяцев назад

    Awesome!

  • @joewoodchuck3824
    @joewoodchuck3824 6 месяцев назад

    It's a great place to visit in the summer.

  • @MrHarryhere69
    @MrHarryhere69 5 месяцев назад +5

    From an engineering stand point I would like to know how the place was built and how they get power up there. Must have been a feat.

  • @ShawnBurner-ur1os
    @ShawnBurner-ur1os 6 месяцев назад +5

    Been studying weather for years still can't figure it out.

  • @lawrenceneuenii3564
    @lawrenceneuenii3564 6 месяцев назад +1

    That would be awesome to do!!!

  • @johnhoover7278
    @johnhoover7278 5 месяцев назад +1

    That’s a super cool job man

  • @biff5856
    @biff5856 5 месяцев назад

    I'd wouldn't mind spending some time up there. Doesn't matter when. Other than when the the wind howls, I would love the peace and quiet. To view the aurora would be a bonus.

    • @Tenebarum
      @Tenebarum 4 месяца назад +1

      It is amazing up there. We drove up on a clear day in July. We were dumb enough to think we could hike it, but the people who work in the mountains are really cool and recommended much easier hikes. Beautiful place.

    • @biff5856
      @biff5856 4 месяца назад +1

      @@Tenebarum Lucky you. It will not likely be something I'll get to do anymore. I'm 80.

    • @Tenebarum
      @Tenebarum 4 месяца назад +1

      @@biff5856 This was 1996. I need to get back. But there's no reason you can't get there. There are vans that drive you up.

  • @svalbard01
    @svalbard01 5 месяцев назад

    This should be a reality show - I'd watch.

  • @markfinn0
    @markfinn0 6 месяцев назад +3

    Climbed it some years ago in late May. Some light rain, some fog - no unexpected weather (we had checked carefully before starting out). A fairly easy climb (I think it was 3-4 hours, and half that coming down), but amazing to see the change in vegetation as you get higher.

  • @henryfokkema6622
    @henryfokkema6622 5 месяцев назад

    Greatvideo

  • @joenewman6494
    @joenewman6494 6 месяцев назад +1

    Wow I would have loved to have that job.

  • @jasoneverett
    @jasoneverett 5 месяцев назад +2

    0:45 she spoke for 5 seconds and immediately annoyed the hell out of me. Pretty sure a lot of people know what extreme cold and wind is like.

    • @codymoe4986
      @codymoe4986 5 месяцев назад

      Pretty sure her exact words were, "You can't really explain it to friends and family"...
      Perhaps she is more informed on the climates that those select few people live in, versus your random "lot of people", whomever they might be.
      P.S. Lemme guess, it's cold where you're at, presently?

  • @kristinharrison674
    @kristinharrison674 6 месяцев назад +3

    It kind of reminds me of the Yukon

  • @billy1673
    @billy1673 6 месяцев назад

    Guaranteed a white Christmas up there!🎄🎅🏻☃️❄️🌨

  • @judee00
    @judee00 6 месяцев назад +7

    The anamometer broke at that MPH. I've either read that or watched a video that said that. It would probably be more, and we would still have the record.

    • @williampalchak7574
      @williampalchak7574 6 месяцев назад +3

      The wind speed thingy also broke during Hurricane Camille in 1969. I think that was the wind speed record breaker, based on estimates.

    • @judee00
      @judee00 6 месяцев назад +2

      @@williampalchak7574 1996, Baro Island, Australia 253mph

    • @williampalchak7574
      @williampalchak7574 6 месяцев назад +2

      @@judee00 estimates.

    • @richstex4736
      @richstex4736 6 месяцев назад

      @@williampalchak7574 Ronco used to sell the Wind Speed Thingy.

  • @skyw4278
    @skyw4278 6 месяцев назад +3

    they're only gone for a week....make it sound like their on the moon lol

  • @gillianaustin5849
    @gillianaustin5849 6 месяцев назад

    Many years past I hiked up to the bowl of Mount Washington, not summit. Mount Washington within New Hampshire State is over ten thousand feet above sea level at its summit as I recall. My Regards Mr. Dominic James Austin.

  • @williamwertman24
    @williamwertman24 6 месяцев назад

    They also didnt mention. That have live streams on their youtube channel and they also have current weather conditions on their web page. Yesterday was 12f with 50mph winds. A couple weeks ago it was near 0 with 80mph winds. Real feel of -30

  • @thecitizenjoan
    @thecitizenjoan 5 месяцев назад +1

    Looks like Cobb’s dream within a dream within in a dream

  • @Podchynok
    @Podchynok 6 месяцев назад +5

    I would like to know how it was put together to withstand such extreme weather.

    • @ILLIFIED77
      @ILLIFIED77 6 месяцев назад

      It's chained to the rock

    • @williamwertman24
      @williamwertman24 6 месяцев назад +1

      The tip top house is actually built up with stone now but used to be just a low built building. All buildings at the top are engineered to withstand 200-250mph winds. The old stage coach building is chained to the mountain with 1/2"chain.

  • @jimcarlson2252
    @jimcarlson2252 6 месяцев назад +1

    Global boiling on Mr Washington is beyond cold and windy this year, record breaking. Very cool, actually frigid beyond imagination.

  • @gulfstream7235
    @gulfstream7235 6 месяцев назад +1

    I've been to some wild parties up there on Mount Washington...

  • @gordonhall9871
    @gordonhall9871 6 месяцев назад +13

    where is John Kerry

    • @greenwich1754
      @greenwich1754 6 месяцев назад +8

      On a private jet cruising the world and pontificating the evils of fossil fuels.

    • @MrSTRLAWNS
      @MrSTRLAWNS 6 месяцев назад +6

      Making up more bullshit!

    • @stevesmith3556
      @stevesmith3556 6 месяцев назад +4

      Where is AL Gore?😂😅😂

    • @joewhite6421
      @joewhite6421 6 месяцев назад +3

      @@stevesmith3556 Gore riding ' Do you know who I am ? . Kerry

    • @bobbys4327
      @bobbys4327 6 месяцев назад +3

      Iran

  • @ramsfan709
    @ramsfan709 5 месяцев назад +1

    Lonely and miss family after only a 8 day shift? Sign me up!!

  • @catherinebreitfeller669
    @catherinebreitfeller669 6 месяцев назад +2

    Awesome !! Gorgeous !! I wouldn’t mind spending some time here as I absolutely love cold weather. 🥶❄️ Don’t know how I got stuck in Louisiana 😂😂🥵

    • @ILLIFIED77
      @ILLIFIED77 6 месяцев назад

      So come up and visit!

    • @Chris_at_Home
      @Chris_at_Home 6 месяцев назад

      Apply for a job in Prudhoe Bay. You get the cold, the camp life where the food comes with your room at a camp and you fly to work. Back in the 1980s I worked with a bunch of guys from La. Even the cook came from there and made the best Gumbo ever. Many still lived down there and commuted from there as we worked two weeks on , two weeks off.

  • @ElSantoLuchador
    @ElSantoLuchador 5 месяцев назад

    I live in the PNW, and we have many higher and more technical climbs, but we have nothing that approaches the weather on Mt. Washington.

  • @nickruisi5569
    @nickruisi5569 6 месяцев назад +8

    And this can't be done w/ an automated station?

    • @Juandinggong
      @Juandinggong 6 месяцев назад +4

      It’s a bullshit job and I wish I had it lol

  • @richardthomas5362
    @richardthomas5362 6 месяцев назад

    I heard some of the buildings are chained to the top so the wind doesn't blow them off.

  • @thomasklein4265
    @thomasklein4265 6 месяцев назад

    I've been there, way colder at the top than the bottom even in the Summer. COG railroad is the easy way up.

  • @kimberleyames420
    @kimberleyames420 2 месяца назад

    WOW!

  • @rainysunday6186
    @rainysunday6186 5 месяцев назад +1

    Poor babies. While in the military I spent eight years in the Mediterranean ocean and the Pacific Ocean in the north Atlantic ocean six to nine months at a time so don’t tell me about being away from home you babies you can call home.

  • @novantium3760
    @novantium3760 6 месяцев назад

    cool you happened to show up on the best day of the year

  • @alyssaangel1094
    @alyssaangel1094 6 месяцев назад

    legends

  • @ev1558
    @ev1558 6 месяцев назад +2

    I'd like to know how they built that place

    • @uuuultra
      @uuuultra 6 месяцев назад

      In the summer

  • @brennanlowry5711
    @brennanlowry5711 6 месяцев назад +1

    Thinking about the men who built this cold place.

    • @michlo3393
      @michlo3393 6 месяцев назад +1

      Say it louder. MEN. So all the feminists can hear you.

  • @traybern
    @traybern 6 месяцев назад +7

    ALL this monitoring could be done REMOTELY!!!

    • @uuuultra
      @uuuultra 6 месяцев назад

      No doubt

  • @hannathompson7998
    @hannathompson7998 6 месяцев назад +1

    This is my dream job

  • @HoulieMon
    @HoulieMon 5 месяцев назад

    My sister and her daughter rode horses to the top ! Me I just took the cog railway !

  • @teddybetts3254
    @teddybetts3254 6 месяцев назад +1

    2:08 That's certainly the old fashion way. The old sling psychrometer. 👴

  • @davidevans3175
    @davidevans3175 6 месяцев назад +4

    Went up there with my friends when I was 12. Sneakers and sweatshirts, no adults. At the top the wind almost picked me up and threw me over the side.

    • @greenspiritarts
      @greenspiritarts 6 месяцев назад +3

      I don’t know if it is still true but at one time Mt. Washington had the dubious record of being the “deadliest” (most fatalities) of ANY mountain on the planet for exactly this reason…people going up poorly prepared. Glad you and your friends lived to tell the tale!

    • @shaystern2453
      @shaystern2453 6 месяцев назад

      @@greenspiritarts they lied though

  • @fraserconnell21
    @fraserconnell21 5 месяцев назад

    What happens to all the toilet waste??
    Is there a septic tank?

  • @russianbot5554
    @russianbot5554 5 месяцев назад

    How did they build that place?!

  • @damidnightgolfer
    @damidnightgolfer 3 месяца назад +1

    18 station cats since 1932 means 1 cat every 5 years. What is happening to all these cats?

  • @gopokes09
    @gopokes09 5 месяцев назад

    Can you guys do the news for memphis too?

  • @nevermind3965
    @nevermind3965 6 месяцев назад +3

    Looks like Key West

    • @michlo3393
      @michlo3393 6 месяцев назад

      ...in the 80s 😎

  • @explorecriminalminds
    @explorecriminalminds 6 месяцев назад +2

    This looks like a Climate Activists paradise

  • @uuuultra
    @uuuultra 6 месяцев назад

    Do they fool around?

  • @richardsimms251
    @richardsimms251 6 месяцев назад +1

    Interesting

  • @christophersmith1155
    @christophersmith1155 6 месяцев назад +1

    I WONDER WHAT RADIO COMMUNICATIONS IS LIKE FROM UP THERE. 10/11 AND 12 METER BANDS ? IM AT SEA LEVEL AND TALK AROUND THE WORLD FROM MIDTOWN MANHATTAN. EVEN ON MY 11 METER CB RADIO EARLY MORNINGS EUROPE IS A EASY TRANSMISSION.

  • @Crimepaysaskapolitician
    @Crimepaysaskapolitician 6 месяцев назад

    On top of a mountain, what do they expect?

  • @kvl505
    @kvl505 6 месяцев назад +2

    What an amazing place to be a part of.. Excellent news story.
    Apparently the whole place is run by a cat... 😄

  • @tybreakfastpastry
    @tybreakfastpastry 6 месяцев назад

    I wonder how that building was built in the first place…

    • @uuuultra
      @uuuultra 6 месяцев назад +1

      In the summer

  • @MH-fb5kr
    @MH-fb5kr 6 месяцев назад

    Hoping this moves into the future still using people and not remote sensors. Brrrrr !

  • @russwayne2132
    @russwayne2132 5 месяцев назад

    Volunteers is the key word in that report. No one at the station is paid? Those people do that for no salary? Then they kick in to buy groceries too? Maine is a state with some unique people, with a need to volunteer as their main hobby. (pun intended)

  • @glenpaul3606
    @glenpaul3606 5 месяцев назад

    Back in the early 1970's, I drove from Toronto to North Conway NH in the dead of winter. All the way, the roads were snow covered and icy with blizzard cross winds for most of the first two thirds of the journey. My drive finally took me up and over Mt.Washington in a blizzard in the middle of the night. The roads were not ploughed and the snow was so deep, about 3 feet, that all the way down the mountain that it billowed up and over the hood of my full sized Oldsmobile as I ploughed my way down for hours in the darkness In hindsight, it was a terribly dangerous and arduous drive over the mountain that I made as a young and foolishly determined man. Today, more than 5 decades later I still remember that journey in detail and know it was by the grace of God that I survived it in the first place.

  • @nachmanlebel4141
    @nachmanlebel4141 5 месяцев назад +1

    Can I take a ride on the snow cat ?

  • @Mingonator87
    @Mingonator87 5 месяцев назад

    This is a job!? Wtf am I doing at my pos battery job, this is paradise

  • @user-fw6vu3kz6l
    @user-fw6vu3kz6l 5 месяцев назад

    What about cog rail?

  • @tricitiesair
    @tricitiesair 5 месяцев назад

    Funny thing.
    I live at 10360 feet in Colorado and our weather isn't that shitty.

    • @wilburpost7977
      @wilburpost7977 5 месяцев назад

      How eloquent and wrong-headed....

  • @greggreg2263
    @greggreg2263 6 месяцев назад +3

    I would like to be trapped up there for an entire winter with a bunch of hot women❤😮

  • @HyperspacePirate
    @HyperspacePirate 5 месяцев назад

    ☐ Not Cozy
    ☑ Cozy

  • @johnkradoska1577
    @johnkradoska1577 6 месяцев назад +1

    They should walk up the mountain spoiled baby's

  • @Dmidnightmachine
    @Dmidnightmachine 27 дней назад

    SHOW MORE OF THE KITTY!

  • @misanthropist3877
    @misanthropist3877 5 месяцев назад

    would love to work here

  • @drone_boss
    @drone_boss 6 месяцев назад

    Only 6k?!?!

  • @BeeFunKnee
    @BeeFunKnee 6 месяцев назад +7

    That is so awesome! It felt like I was actually up there, too. I wish I could be there for several long weeks. I'd leave with friends I knew well and good, I'll wager. I do honestly know what it feels like to brave a hurricane's 100 MPH winds and rain pellets though. It was on Galveston Island in the 70's. Two friends asked me if I wanted to go to the seawall and watch one of them fly like a flag from a street sign pole. I ended up doing it also. Then, as they both had hunkered across the street behind a cement sign at a gas station, listening with a transistor radio pressed tightly to their ears for the reported wind speed, I had walked the best I could, step by step back to the seawall where I could barely tell the ground from the Gulf of Mexico. I had to lean forward with all my might just like that one guy in the video had done. I could tell I wasn't going to fall over though. I told my friends to wave their arms as a signal when the radio had said the winds reached 100 MPH. It was 95 when I had ventured back across the street. The rain hitting me had felt just like bb gun pellets. When I saw them waving at me, I let the wind carry me back to the sign post where I grabbed it and flew like a flag again. But then I was afraid to let go. I just knew the strong wind would carry me off, maybe even high up into the air and I'd be gone gone gone! When I finally did let go, the wind took me half way across Seawall Boulevard where I finally crashed to the ground and I just rolled the rest of the way to where my two friends were still hunkering. Then, we had to walk a few blocks back home as roof shingles and branches tried their best to hurt us. We made it without too much blood involved. I was the most damaged because of that rolling on the asphalt street bit. But I earned these "bragging rights" honestly. It's why I'm so "long winded" with my comment, even! I live in Portland, Maine now. I've been here for 26 years come next May.

    • @a.w.thompson4001
      @a.w.thompson4001 6 месяцев назад

      Wow!

    • @kishascape
      @kishascape 6 месяцев назад +1

      I'd love to sit alone in the Sphinx Observatory for a couple years stewing in my hatred.

    • @BeeFunKnee
      @BeeFunKnee 6 месяцев назад +1

      @@kishascape Either your hate would melt you down to nothing, or you'd melt your hate down to squat before it destroyed you.

  • @martinvannostrand8488
    @martinvannostrand8488 5 месяцев назад

    Hoth. This is Hoth.

  • @RadioChief52
    @RadioChief52 5 месяцев назад

    Seems like a perfect application for remote automation to me. Would save a lot of tax money. Just a thought.

  • @shaggydawg5419
    @shaggydawg5419 6 месяцев назад

    didn't they set the record back in 2021 or 2022? Minus 90 F or something like that.

    • @user-ys2wp4cr9g
      @user-ys2wp4cr9g 6 месяцев назад

      No the record is -128.6 F,set in Antarctica in 1983.

    • @michlo3393
      @michlo3393 6 месяцев назад

      @@user-ys2wp4cr9g That's standing air temp. I think the question is referring to windchill.

    • @user-ys2wp4cr9g
      @user-ys2wp4cr9g 6 месяцев назад

      @@michlo3393 Yes, but in this case, the standing air temperature was colder in Antarctica than the wind chill on Mt. Washington.

    • @michlo3393
      @michlo3393 6 месяцев назад

      @@user-ys2wp4cr9g Gotcha.

    • @codymoe4986
      @codymoe4986 5 месяцев назад

      -47 air temperature...-108 wind chill

  • @Ant_Diesel
    @Ant_Diesel 2 месяца назад

    Not me...ill love to live up there being lonely on a voluntary basis!!❤